Political Quotes

“You focused, really, on one of the critical parts of the President's jobs proposal--modernizing our schools. Not only would it help you through this period by creating good- paying jobs to modernize the schools and to keep the teachers working-- and, I would say, the police and fire--but it also invests in better education, a better environment for our young people to learn and grow, and to modernize the schools to the extent that they are wired appropriately for the 21st century. These are important areas that we need to look at and think about. I also want to point out the unemployed. The jobs aren't out there, so when you don't continue the unemployment insurance, there is no hope for these people. It's better for them to continue looking for a job and to continue trying and not to give up hope so that they continue working towards that end. I just want to tell you how much I enjoyed sharing with you information on the jobs program for the President and, really, of the opposition's agenda--our friends on the other side of the aisle--to keep women down and back, of disproportionately cutting programs that aid women, of disproportionately going after, literally, their constitutional rights to make the choices that are legal in our country which provide the best health care for them.…”